@thelatefileThe late file

Creepy true stories & unsolved cases. One file at a time.

card updated Oct 12, 2026 · 8 clips parsed · following 0 · 1,200,000 likes total

Engagement11.13%above average

Account summary

@thelatefile has 63,000 followers and 7 videos. Across the 8 parsed clips the average is 1,457,650 views and 155,815 likes. Engagement to views is 11.13%, which is above average for TikTok. On the newer half of the feed the response is falling (−2.53 pp). Posts roughly 4.8 times a week. An average clip reaches 2314% of the follower count.

Followers

63K

history is still being collected

Engagement

11.13%

−2.53 pp newer half

Average views

1.5M

median 565.4K

Likes per clip

155.8K

415 comments avg

Shares / saves

6K / 21.2K

1.46% of viewers save

Posting rate

4.8 / wk

reach 2314% of followers

Latest clips

8 collected

On the phone, Brandon Lawson told his brother: “I can see you. I’m rig — @thelatefile

233.1K2:58On the phone, Brandon Lawson told his brother: “I can see you. I’m right here.” His brother was standing at Brandon’s em19.1K745832.5K

At 2:03 a.m., a mother's sleep app recorded her asking her three-year- — @thelatefile

79.9K2:42At 2:03 a.m., a mother's sleep app recorded her asking her three-year-old what he was doing. The voice that answered sou6.2K29580843

21 October 1978: a 20-year-old pilot radios Melbourne that something i — @thelatefile

777.7K2:3021 October 1978: a 20-year-old pilot radios Melbourne that something is hovering over his plane. “It’s not an aircraft.”73.2K3433.1K10.5K

In 2011, the internet found a woman on a webcam and thought she was de — @thelatefile

353K2:20In 2011, the internet found a woman on a webcam and thought she was dead. She'd posted the link herself. #chipchan #inte24.5K748022.4K

In 2015, a tech blog got this video in the mail. Turn its sound into a — @thelatefile

333.7K2:56In 2015, a tech blog got this video in the mail. Turn its sound into a picture, and it says: you are already dead. #11bx38K1031.8K5.5K

In 1989, a rescue helicopter in Japan spotted a giant SOS made from fa — @thelatefile

6.4M2:41In 1989, a rescue helicopter in Japan spotted a giant SOS made from fallen trees. The hiker it was looking for said he h669.3K1.1K21.6K74.3K

omewhere tonight, a radio station is reading numbers to one person. Re — @thelatefile

2.6M2:38omewhere tonight, a radio station is reading numbers to one person. Real recordings. #numberstations #creepy #mystery #c342.3K1.2K17.1K60.7K

In 2015 a YouTube channel posted more than 80,000 videos nobody could — @thelatefile

883.8K2:41In 2015 a YouTube channel posted more than 80,000 videos nobody could explain. Hours after the BBC wrote about it, YouTu73.9K3292.4K12.9K

Engagement per clip

8 parsed clips · newest on the right · click a bar to open the clip peak: 13.9% ER

Sep 30Oct 3Oct 11

Date	Views	Likes	Comments	Shares	Saves	ER
Oct 11, 2026	233,100	19,100	74	583	2,550	8.48%
Oct 10, 2026	79,900	6,217	29	580	843	8.54%
Oct 6, 2026	777,700	73,200	343	3,149	10,524	9.86%
Oct 3, 2026	353,000	24,500	74	802	2,393	7.19%
Oct 3, 2026	333,700	38,000	103	1,811	5,544	11.96%
Oct 1, 2026	6,400,000	669,300	1,146	21,600	74,328	10.81%
Sep 30, 2026	2,600,000	342,300	1,219	17,100	60,716	13.87%
Sep 30, 2026	883,800	73,900	329	2,381	12,912	8.67%